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Hollywood glamour in Athens
Last night the movie “After Midnight” premiered in Pallas Theater and not in open air movie theater Theseum, as originally planned. Ethan Hock stole the show with directness, kindness and joyful mood that showed throughout the event. The leading actors of the film, Ethan Hawke...
Australian university honours Cavafy
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at UNSW is hosting an international symposium between 18-20 June celebrating the work of one of the most distinguished Greek poets of the 20th century, Constantine P. Cavafy. To commemorate the 150th anniversary of his birth and the...
Jim Giannopoulos honored with humanitarian Award
Fox Filmed Entertainment CEO Jim Gianopulos was honored with the Humanitarian Award by the Simon Wiesenthal Center Tuesday night during the annual National Tribute Dinner in Beverly Hills, Calif. Giannopoulos became the sole CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment earlier this year. He received the award...
New York Times tribute for Giannis Adetokunbo
The New York Times published a tribute for the 18th Greek basketball player, praising his skills, while emphasizing that the difficulties due to its origin from Nigeria gave him the motivation to grab the opportunity and through sports changed his life. Read the full NYT...
Al Pacino in the role of Onassis
Greek millionaire Aristotle Onassis’ life will once again become the story of a film. The new Hollywood blockbuster will star Al Pacino as the Greek, who started from scratch and reached the top. The actor, aged 72, has been preferred for his undeniable artistic qualities...
He turns ancient greeks sculpture into animated images
Zack Dougherty is a digital artist, based in Portland, who managed to convert a simple statue to moving pictures. Many have compared his pictures as captivating ode to art history, to the sculptures that were created by Ancient Greeks and until today keep dazzling nations...
Greek Australians triumph at Wimbledon
Greek Australian Nick Kyrgios and Thanassis Kokkinakis triumphed in the boys doubles final in Wimbledon beating France’s Enzo Couacaud and Italy’s Stefano Napolitano on Sunday. Kyrgios and Kokkinakis won in straight sets (6-2, 6-3) and made it look easy on the day. In the semis...
Movie on Nikos Kazantzaki’s life
Filmmaker John Smaragdis spoke yesterday at an event in Crete for his new film about the life of Nikos Kazantzakis. The internationally acclaimed director immediately after the screening of «Greco» in the municipal cinema Heraklion, spoke to the audience about the film, explaining why he...
14 year old Aboriginal from Kalymnos
Titled «If the next prime minister is Aborigine he could be the Greek origins Tiliakos Thanasis,» the story of a young homogenous became known a few days ago through the newspaper «The Australian». Read the related article published in the famous newspaper of Australia The now 14-year-old...
Mickey Mouse became Greek for two days
Mickey Maous was Greek for 2 days, as Disneyland at California was covered in white and blue colours and Mickey dressed in traditional “fustanella” attire and tsarouxia! During 25 until 27 of May a special celebration was held with the title “Opa! A Celebration of...